Mathilde Auguez Mathilde Auguez (photo from the Nadar workshop, 1875–1895). Pauline Mathilde Lucie Auguez de Montalant (28 March 1868 – 18 July 1955) was a French opera singer (light soprano). BiographyTrainingAuguez was born in Amiens. Her father, Auguste Jules Arsène, was employed by the railway. As a student at the Conservatoire de Paris, she received a third medal for solfège in 1885, a first prize for opéra comique in 1886, a second singing prize in 1887 and a second prize for opéra comique in 1887.[1]  Mathide Auguez as Isabelle in the opera comique Turlupin (album from the Nadar workshop. Vol. 31) CareerHer stage debut was in 1887 at the Opéra-Comique.[2] Her first important role, on 29 March 1888, was at that theatre in Madame Turlupin,[3] an opéra comique by Ernest Guiraud, in which she played Isabelle. She then sang in le Baiser de Suzon[4] by Herman Bemberg (premiere, role of Suzon); in Gounod's Mireille and Maillard's Les dragons de Villars. On 30 January 1889, she premiered Louis Varney's la Vénus d'Arles at the Théâtre des Nouveautés.[5] On 11 December 1891, at the Théâtre des Variétés, she was Denise de Flavigny in Hervé's Mam'zelle Nitouche. Later at the Variétés, she played in Offenbach's les Brigands. In 1894, she gave a song recital at la Bodinière, which earned her this comment in la Caricature:
Her performances were frequently acclaimed by critics. For example, the Journal amusant wrote in 1910:
On 10 March 1898, she married journalist and playwright Henri Lavedan.[8] Auguez died on 18 July 1955 at her home in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.[9] She is buried with her husband and their daughter Geneviève at Père-Lachaise Cemetery.[10]  Mathilde Auguez and Albert Piccaluga in la Vénus d'Arles, Nadar workshop. References
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